R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (The r changes the vowel): Spot the vowel + r: ar, or, er, ir or ur. Read it as one sound: c-ar, f-or-k. er, ir and ur sound the same, so learn which spelling each word uses: bird, turtle, tiger.
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- 1.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) torch (b) turtle (c) third
- 2.🌽 Which word is this? (a) carn (b) curn (c) corn
- 3.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 4.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) burger (b) hammer (c) yarn
- 5.🦃 Which word is this? (a) tarkey (b) torkey (c) turkey
- 6.🐢 t_ _tle — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 7.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 8.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circle (b) guitar (c) fork
- 9.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) dart (c) burger
- 10.🎯 Which word is this? (a) dart (b) dert (c) dort
- 11.🌽 c_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 12.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 13.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 14.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 15.🧶 Which word is this? (a) yurn (b) yorn (c) yarn
- 16.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) er (c) or
- 17.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) circus (b) jar (c) spider
- 18.🐯 tig_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 19.🍴 Which word is this? (a) fork (b) ferk (c) fark
- 20.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) jar (b) first (c) purple
- 21.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 22.🫙 j_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ir (c) ar
- 23.📄 Which word is this? (a) papar (b) papor (c) paper
- 24.🥇 f_ _st — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) or (c) ar
- 25.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) er
- 26.🧈 butt_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 27.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 28.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 29.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) star (c) tiger
- 30.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) burger (b) scarf (c) first
- 31.🪜 Which word is this? (a) laddor (b) laddar (c) ladder
- 32.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 33.🚗 Which word is this? (a) car (b) cur (c) cor
- 34.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) bird (b) spider (c) purple
- 35.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) bird
- 36.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) flower (b) car (c) third
- 37.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 38.📄 pap_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 39.🔨 Which word is this? (a) hammar (b) hammer (c) hammor
- 40.⭕ c_ _cle — which two letters are missing? (a) ir (b) ar (c) or
Answer key
- turtle
- corn
- ar
- burger
- turkey
- ur
- ur
- circle
- unicorn
- dart
- or
- flower
- bird
- ar
- yarn
- or
- circus
- er
- fork
- jar
- ar
- ar
- paper
- ir
- or
- er
- butter
- er
- star
- first
- ladder
- ar
- car
- spider
- bird
- third
- or
- er
- hammer
- ir
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